The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the causes and consequences of foreign takeovers in the United States. In particular, I try to find whether real sector imperfections motivate foreign takeovers
For a sample of 96 foreign takeover...

International trade often occurs in imperfectly competitive markets. If these markets are profitable, a government may want to intervene in order to increase the market share of domestic firms via subsidies, or may try to capture a share of foreign...

This study develops an empirical model based on the utility maximizing theory of the firm, which is put into a formal analysis by Williamson (1964). Its purpose is to test the hypothesis that the manager in a privately owned utility firm has an...